"Thank you to everybody at home that voted for this. ... Everybody that couldn't make it here tonight, I want to dedicate this award to all you guys at home. I wish you were here in this party -- because it is happening."

"Brad and Dolly couldn't be here tonight, so I am going to accept this award on their behalf. Congratulations."

"I think everybody has lost somebody before they were meant to, and Shaun Silva and I did this video to help us all remember those people. I've got my own people that I did this song for."

"All the other ladies in the category, I idolize you guys, so this is just amazing. Everybody in the country music industry has been so awesome to me. My mind is just blown by how nice everyone has been and how everyone's opened their arms to me and just been so great."

"My father changed and molded country music. Johnny Cash changed and molded country music. Waylon Jennings changed and molded country music. I'm just a guy that's another carpenter in a long line, and there's a lot more new ones here tonight."

"She's a fantastic director, one of the greatest that I've ever had the pleasure to work with. She's in London editing another video for me, for a song called 'Stealing Kisses.' It's amazing. It was an honor to work with her."

"How cool is this? I know Bon Jovi and the guys are in Japan. …. I accept this on their behalf. Obviously, it was a great experience. Thanks to all the fans who voted. … This is the most fun awards show that happens every year."

"Thank you to Joe Henry and Doug Johnson for writing an amazing song. We were so humbled to be the ones to have done it. … The fans, our families, everybody in the band, our road crew."

"First of all, I'd like to thank Roger Pistole, the director of the video … my record label, Mercury Records … my fans … CMT. Thank you so much."

"This is my very first acceptance speech, so I made a list. First of all, thank you fans so much for voting for me again. You have no idea what it means to me."